PsyRAS is a group of Clinical, Counselling, Educational Psychologists and Psychologists in training who have special interests in working with people who are refugees and asylum seekers.
The members of this forum work routinely with asylum seekers and refugees in a range of clinical and educational settings including Primary Health Care, Community Mental Health Teams, specialist services and schools.
The main aims of the group are for members to exchange resources, skills, knowledge, ideas and models of good practice. The Forum is dedicated to the dissemination of good practice to others and to documenting current ways of working. This is also a forum where issues that impede our work can be discussed. This may lead to joint action or responses on certain pertinent issues in areas in which we feel we have the expertise to comment.
If you would like to join the group, then please come to a meeting. The 2009 meetings are :
Thursday 15th January 2009 at The Refugee Therapy Centre: 10-12
Wednesday 11th March at The Traumatic Stress Clinic: 10-12
Thursday 20th May at The Refugee Therapy Centre: 10-12
Wednesday 15th July at The Traumatic Stress Clinic: 10-12
Thursday 17th September at The Refugee Therapy Centre: 10-12
Wednesday 18th November at The Traumatic Stress Clinic: 10-12
IMPORTANT NOTICE The rules regarding access to healthcare for failed asylum seekers and trafficked people has changed so that the term ordinarily resident no longer applies. A full explanation can be found in the legislation / policy section of this website. Soliciting firm Pierce Glynn are collecting case studies/testimonies to demonstrate any continuing problems that people are having accessing secondary care and would be grateful if you could let them know of any migrants facing any problems accessing secondary treatment following the judgment. www.pierceglynn.co.uk |
If you are interested in finding out more about PsyRAS please contact: Brock at brock.chisholm@candi.nhs.uk or Ken at ken.carswell@candi.nhs.uk
